Ricky Gervais recently revealed that he is ready to defend his “controversial” jokes.
During an interview with Stick to football podcast, he opened up about choosing taboo subjects for stand-up comedy.
“I’m aware of that but I can justify everything,” he began. “I don’t go out there and just say whatever comes into my head, thinking it’s of no consequence, I don’t do it, so I have to be able to justify it.
“Everything I do, I have to be able to go, ‘This is why it’s okay.’ A lot of my stuff, because we’re dealing with taboo subjects, actually sounds worse. It’s not that bad if you analyze it.
“It’s just because you’re dealing with controversial subjects and buzzwords, where people gasp, but if you look at the jokes, it’s fine.”
Additionally, Gervais explained his reason for cracking jokes about controversial topics, adding, “I love doing it, I love tackling taboo subjects because I want to take the audience to a place they haven’t been before.”
“It looks like I’m leading them by the hand through a scary forest but in the end it’s okay and we can all laugh about it. That’s what comedy is for, to get you through the scary stuff.
before ending, Office The actor shared. “Also, what’s being ‘repealed’? Some people don’t like it, okay. You have to break the law to get repealed properly. Otherwise, some people don’t like it, that’s okay.” It’s the way of the world.”
For the uninitiated, a US LGBT rights group labeled Ricky Gervais: Super nature It shows “dangerous”, “anti-gay” and “anti-trans” for prohibited topics, such as BBC News.